Radiator.



PATENTED MAY 5 J. T. STOKES.

RADIATOR.

APPLICATION FILED Ammo, 190e.

cap having a perforate UNITED srArpsPATENT onirica. f

JOHN `THOMAS rSTOKES, OF PUTNEY, ENGLAND.

RADIATOR.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, 1908.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN THOMAS Srokns,` aV subject of His Majesty'theKing "of Great Britain, and residing at Putney, in the county of Surrey,England, have invented a `new'and 'useful Improvement in Radiators,

of which the following is a specification.

'Ilhls invention relates to improvements in radiators and hasreferenceparticularly to radiators constructed of tubular members.

It hasbeen found desirable, where such radiators are in use to providemeans for humidifying the atmosphere and this is commonly effected byarranging a vessel of water upon the radiator so that the water may bevaporlzed .by the heat of the ap aratus. This practice is open tomanifest o jection for not only is the water vessel unsightly but thereis a considerable liability of its| being accidentally. upset. vessel isthus exposed it is frequently made use of as. a-receptacle for refuse.

The object of my invention is to obviate these disadvantages byproviding a lhollow L' cover similar to V those frequently used inconnection with radiators and especially with that form known as the\ventilating type of radiator. And in order that this my invention maybe more readily understood and carried into practical eect, reference ishereby made to the accompanying sheet of drawings, wherein Figure l is afragmentary plan view illustrating my radiator attachment. Fi 2 being asectional view of a well known form of radiator with my inventionapplied thereto,.

while Fig. 3 illustrates a detail of my radiator attachment.

Referring to these drawings wherein like letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts wherever occurring throughout all the figures, arepresents a hollow cap provided with perforations al in its top. Thiscap a fits upon the top of the radiator l) and is supj orted onsuch'radiator by means of a nurn- Yer of inwardly-projecting bracketsa2, sufficient space bing left between the top of the cap having thepcrforations a* therein and the top of the radiator l) to enable a watervessel c to be accommodated.

To ermit of the capaJ being readily remove( for enabling the watervessel c to be filled and at the same time to secure it from beingaccidentally displaced, I form inward projections d and e on oppositesides of the cap a, which engage with the members of the therein.

Moreover, when the radiator or with convenient'slots or holes `On oneside the said inward projections may be attached movably to the cap o,as shown at d, so as to slide or screw outwards and inwards and soengage and disengage with the usual longitudinal side webs yor membersfof the radiator and thus fasten the cap 'a position or loosen such capfor re*- moval. The inward projections on the other side .of the ca amay be rigidly fixed as shown at e, whi e those on the other side may bemovably attached as shown at d.

I form each movable projection d with a polygonal head resting in arecess or pocket afin the side of the said capa, so that such screwprojection shall not be easy to fasten or unfasten without a suitablekey, and will form no inconvenient projection beyond the sides of thecap. i i

In vorder to place the cap a in position, such cap has to be tilteddownwards on the side carrying the rigidly-fixed projections c, and thepoints of the projections entered into their position of engagement withthe radiator members or side webs as before described, after which theother side, having the niovably attachedprojection d, is lowered intoits place, and the projections on that side screwed or slid into theirpositions, so as to fix down the cap.`

Instead of the rigidprojections e en aging directly with the radiatormembers f may provide pivotedcatches g for engaging with and holding inplace such projections. The said catch g (shown separately in Fig. 3) isattached to the radiator member f and placed at such a point 'that thecap a, when in position, renders. the catch inaccessible from without,except for a polygonal head h formed on same for the purpose of taking akey, such key having access to the head 7i, through a convenient openingin the side of the cap.v This form of catch is arranged to turn on apivot and be held in position by its own weight, against a suitable stopc', and the weight of such catch may be so balanced that when reversedby turning round with the key, so as to disengage the aforesaidprojection c, it will remain so reversed till ref' turned .to itsoriginal position.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent in the UnitedStates, isz- 1. The combination with a radiator .for heating purposes,of a perforated cap arranged to contain a water-holding receptacle,

ing brackets adapted to rest upon the upper part of he seid radiator,and the Water reoept'eole adapted to be held by said oep, sub stentiellyee specified.

2. The combination with a; radiator for heating purposes, of aperforated @op er ranged to contain a Water receptacle, seid oep' havinginwardly-projecting supporting brackets adapted to rest on the upperperi', of 'the radiator, the' Water receptacle, radi ator members havingopenings berein, and. movable projections arranged to projeo' Werdlyfrom said cap end to engage in rile seid openings in the radiatormembers, eue stantally as specified.

3.v The combination with e radiator heating purposes, of a perforatedcel;

to contain a Water receptacle, seid oep `having irwerdly-projeetingsupporting brackets adapted to rest. upon j611e upper port of saidradiator, the Water receptelole, rigid inwerfhprojeotems on. seid oep,'eind pvoed balanced cai-.ches on the 'seid rediator', wh whioh Seid{Drent} proieetione are' arranged to engage, substantially es specified.

ntestimony whereof have signed my name -to the foregoing speeicetion inthe presence of two su'beerbing Witnesses.

JOHN THOMA STGKES.

Witnesses Ars V. THoRNToN,

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